C. Marshall (Caleb Marshall) Taylor (1884-1957) was a Quaker businessman and book collector, of Montclair, New Jersey. The
collection contains papers relating to Taylor's activities as collector of the books and manuscripts of John Greenleaf Whittier,
and correspondence reflecting Taylor's advocacy of liberal Quakerism.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL
C. Marshall (Caleb Marshall) Taylor (1884-1957) was a Quaker businessman and book collector, of Montclair, New Jersey. He
was a member of the John Greenleaf Whittier Club at Haverhill, Massachusetts, and was known for his deep interest in the Quaker
poet. He was married to Jane Bentley Taymor.

Scope and content

SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection contains papers relating to Taylor's activities as collector of the books and manuscripts of John Greenleaf
Whittier, and correspondence reflecting Taylor's advocacy of liberal Quakerism.

Added entries

Subjects

Book collecting -- New Jersey

Book collectors -- New Jersey

Collectors and collecting -- New Jersey

Manuscripts -- Collectors and collecting

Quakers -- New Jersey

Additional Authors and Contributors

Taylor, C. Marshall (Caleb Marshall), 1884-1957

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

Credits

Processed by:

FHL staff

Date:

ca. 1958

Restrictions:

Use Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner
of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained
by reader.

Inventory

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Notes

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

Papers and records, 1925-1957

Concerning Collectivism on the Campus, by E. Merrill Root

1955

Box 1

Concerning Elias Hicks, by Bliss Forbush

1955-1957

Box 1

Concerning The Friend (British)

1937-1947

Box 1

Concerning Friends' Concerns (general)

1937-1955

Box 1

Concerning Friends General Conference

1951-1956

Box 1

Concerning Friends Intelligencer

1938-1956

Box 1

Concerning Friends Society

1939-1956

Box 1

Concerning Legends of New England, by John Greenleaf Whittier

1925-1957

Box 1

Concerning plans for observance of the 150th anniversary of Whittier's birth and a proposed volume of his poems with comments
from various persons.

1957, n.d.

Box 1

"John Greenleaf Whittier, Selected Religious Poems"

With introduction by Janet Whitney, and biography by Howard W. Hintz, compiled by The Whittier Anniversary Committee, Friends
General Conference.

n.d.

(typed MS with 2 carbno copies)

Box 2

Programs

"An Evening with Whittier," by Violet C. Kenworthy

n.d.

Box 2

Play written by pupils of Roland Woodwell

With covering letter, Roland Woodwell to C. Marshall Taylor.

12/3/1956

Box 2

"Major Pike and the Quaker Witches"

Adapted by Rosalie Regen from Whittier's "How the Women Went from Dover."